Maureen Lewis has spent over 25 years advising government and private sector leaders around the world on health system reforms. Dr. Lewis has held a variety of management and leadership positions in global health, including Chief Economist for Human Development at the World Bank. She is the author of more than 75 research publications and working papers and five books, and is a member of numerous international organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations  Dr. Lewis speaks frequently for private, public and nonprofit audiences across the globe. She has a PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

Anna Bonfert manages Aceso Global’s Latin America portfolio and supports technical research on health financing, hospital management, and quality. Before joining Aceso Global, she worked at the World Bank focusing on the design and implementation of impact evaluations. Her past work experience in health economics and financing also includes a transition readiness assessment in Brazil for the Global Fund and a research project on health insurance for informal sector workers for GIZ and the Indonesian Ministry of Health. She received a BSc in International Economics from the University of Tübingen in Germany and an MA in Global Human Development from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she focused on health economics and finance. She has lived and worked in multiple Latin American countries, and speaks German, Spanish, and Portuguese.